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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-14
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Central Standard Time.

ON and after SUNDAY March 20, 1887, trains
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WNUSU 3 WHY IN
tends over large
andpopulousareas.
Hc is the scion Of u


Though savage he can trace his an
cestry back to the time of Queen Eliza
beth through line Of eighteen kings
Of Uganda. He has an army of $4,000
men and has over 1000 muskets and
plenty of ammunition which he obtains
from Zanzibar traders. Missionaries
have lived for several yearsin Uganda in
good health and they say the country is
very fertile and salubrious.
The sun of prosperity seemed to have
risen upon the Episcopal and Catholic
missions in Uganda when King Mtcsa
died two years and a.half ago. Many
converts had been baptized, and among
them the sister OF the boy who was now
made king. The chapcls and schools
were tllrongcd. Mr.. Mackay wrote TO
England to have women workers sent 10
Uganda to labor in the harcms Of the
great chiefs. The young king was
friendly. lie asked Mr.. O'Flahcrty to
send TO England for six more mission.
aries to live at Rubaga, his chief town.
lie said he intended to abandon the say.
age life and practices Of his fathers, and
TO show that he meant what he said, he
forbade the carrying out Of horrid
crime that always marked the accession
Of a new king.
When Spoke visited Uganda he saw o
t1or IF ftt,c If,r~ u.
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Can you read? ?" he asked. "Yes,n the
boy boldly replied. "l'll teach you to
read" cried his majesty, and Selling d
spear head nc gashcd and hacked tho head
of his faithful servant until he was tired,
and then babe chief continue tho lesson.
"Tll have no readers in my court"
shouted tho King. Thcrcupon hc had
fifty Of his pages brought before him.
lie suspected that they were Christians
md over forty Of them boldly ayowcd
their new faith. Not single convert
would tell lio or rcnounco Christianity
to save his life. The annals of martyr.
dom show no finer examples Of heroic
fortltudo and mistaken faith than these
Uganda massacrcs present. All these
Christian boys were Observation-Disclosures
and then were tied to trees, fuel was
piled high around them and they were
burned alive. a
Then seventy Of the leading native
Christians were seized at their homes,
led In chains to the King and met their
fate at the stake. The cxecutioncrs
were amazed Mt tho calm dcmcanor of
the victims While dying they sang
sacred songs and prayed for their muir,
derers. The head exccutionccr went
back TO the King and told him no had
never seen men die so bravcly. They en-
dured pain without a murmur and prayed
10 God In the fire. The King and The
chiefs around him laughed heartily when
told Of the dying prayers Of the victims.
The young monarch remarked that God
did not seem able to rescue the Christians
from his power. 49,,
The exccutioners appeared before the
hut of a member Of the Protestant
Church Council to arrest him, but were
afraid 10 enter "Do not be afraid that
will shoot YOU" cried the Christian
"Come. in and take me- lie was led
bound before the King. Scan you
read?" he asked the boy. YES" was the
answer. flake him and roast him" was
tho grim sentence. Another man when
ordered 10 death said "I,e It so. I am
Christian and / nm not afraid TO die"
Another member OF the church council,
one of tho Kings doorkccpcrs, was told
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"A DISSIPATED. OWL.
Its Singular: Craving for the Drlppings

It's Singular Craving for the DrIppings
from Beer Kegs. Il
A New York saloon-keeper not long ago
owned a trained owl. All dry long the bird
remained pcrched upon the antlcrs of q stag
over the bar, and many were the bets made
ns TO whether 1t was stuffed or alive. When
night came on it would fly down and perch
upon the shoulders Of. the proprietor, eating
small pieces of raw beef from his hand. It
kept the place entirely free from rats and
mice, approaching them noisclcssly from be-
hind and killing them with one Of its pow
crful claws. " When whipped for misbe-
havior it would feign death, lying upon the
br6ad Of its buck without the slightest mo-
ton; with It's eyes closed and claws set rig
idly. 1t would remain In this attitude until
the attention of the bystandcrs was dis
tracted, when it would stealthily fly to its
perch above the bar. The ,strangcst charac-
teristicof the creature was the love of drink.
It would waddle up tol the pail which con-,
tanned tho drippngs from the beer kegs, and
sip and sip until completely overcome by the
liquor, when il would staggcr into n corner
to, sleep off the sdcbauch. 1t was finally
killed by its ovcr-indulgencc in alcoholic
beverages. z Z, 2 n ! ~ ~ is y n s
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aposlTlvE ENGAGEMENT.
MANY l.. II. BRANCH.
You nrcln'. nsk Nan to a party,
WV - ~.

you needn't nsk Nan to purity, a
dinner or five o'clock tea,
Three weeks from to-day-which Is Thurs
day 1't4
For engaged and 'at home she will be,
She SO. her white i'rahma this morning, .
In "A box Will, sweet hay for bed, ~
IN dozen great eggs, all a.iuttcr,
with plnmy wings softly outsprcad.
Tho hen looks so proud and important,
With her treasure hid under her breast
Every feather alive If you touch her,
Asif warning you oil from her nest. Il
And the capable creature will sit there, X
Come sunshine, como storm, or what mny,
With her wings and her warmth, and her
wisdom, rs. ii
Till exactly three weeks from today.
AMI then! oh, the downy soft treasures,
The dear little yellow round things, 4
TIN, will break from their shells ind come
peeping,
And stretching their small helpless wings.
Oh! you needn't ask Nan to party, K
Or thinner or ono O'Clock Ten, n,
Three weeks from to-day-whicl is Thurs.
day
For "ai home and engaged she will be.
st. Nicholas. +
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ABOUT WOMEN.
Miss Braddon can claim her jubilee,
She is publishing her tlftlcth volume. & 81 :.

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I Miss Braddon can claim her jubilee,
She is publishing her nftcth volume. 5.5i Ii
Mrs. Marie Danes, of 8 Louisiana, has !
been granted patent for cotton c,lltivntor. Y
is Miss Florence Croft is the first Amcri- !,
can womnn who Inns been admitted to the j
School OF Oriental Languages arabic und Per- 4
slan) In Paris. SySs
Mrs. Jane Ryder, Of Orrington, Me-, 4
'was 100 years old last january, md Is not yet 4
helpless from old ngc. She lives with u son who
Is sevcnty-ninc years old. Il. Il. b. Y q +
Isabella Y. Prince, of California, has
been called to Toxic, Japan, to establish II \
school of domestic science. Her pupils will be
ladies Of the highest rank. IL i; &
Madame Gerstcr, the singer, Is in ex:5
ccllcnt health, md Is seen daily driving In Paris
with her two children, Linda and bertha, aged
Ave and two years. She Will return to tho ope-
tratc stage next winter, 50 she says. I
Patents have been applied forby Ellen
Grlmshaw, OF London, for an improved boot
for horses and other animals, md by A.. AZ
Howard md Malissa Diana Van Tnsscl, OF Lon
don, for an improved apparatus for generating I
has. 2l5t 45555,r J. q ~ q & 81 ~
81 The Kansas women have done it,,
Susanna Madoru saltcr, mayor OF Arigonia,a /
little town OF zoo inhabitants Is the first woman
ever elected to that office. And she Is not M Z
..unscxcd female" either, hut the wife OF a Z
lawyer und the mother Of four children. az
Countess Brethlcn. Maurcr, a IIunga-
rian ludy, hns become the bcncfactrcss OF the 4
district of Nngy-Scllyk, in TrnnsylyanIn, the
place OF her residence. She employs rnany
poor peasant women and children for tho man. (
ufncturing Of those gorgeous wooden fabrics 2
which are the pride OF Hungarian home In
.dustry. 4; 8ii II v n x 4, = 4 Z (. Z
81 The Hindoo Patriot states that several !;
novels huvc latcly been written by lIindoc
indies IN Bengal, some Of which arc Of con.
siderable merit. The latcst Is ono, entitled
I; "Snttvn Sar0jn," and It's author, Is Mrs Maha-
mas Dutt. IT Is recommended rs "a picture Of
quiet domestic life In Bengal, hut slightly re-
moved from reality In a few scenes" ~
f The NeRe 1Fitaer 7a9l2aN reports that
Josefa IAngc, i! gr1.ndnccc Of Mozart, aged
sIxty-scvcn years, Is living In great want un3
misery IN "a wrctchcd room in ono Of tho
suburbs Of tho Austrian capital. She used tc
support herself By her own hIndiwork illness
however, hns not only put IN end to this, but
has consumed NIL her savings. An appeal In;
her behnlf hns been made to the authorities Of
I tho, Vienna opcra House, I! y 4.
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MEXICAN BANDITS.
a Band OF Robbers Extcrlninnted by the
:. 49,. ~ Aid of IL Cunning, lusn. NV

3 e.
4 A letter from Mexico tells how n band OF
robbers were cilectually disposed Of While
they were ransacking town dozen men
ran to the shore, cut small holes in the boats
in which the robbers came, aud plugged them
with mud. The boats were launched and
the marauders set out on their return yoy-
age. Before going amilc, however, the water
began to soften the clay, and the huge log
dugouts began to fill. Every effort was made
to reach the shore, but the openings increased
rapidly, and soon tleboats were full of water
and the occupants were obliged to jump over
board and cling to. the sides of their sub.
merged crafts to kceptrom drowning. About
daylight n company Of 100 men set out In (
boats to the spot where the halfdrowncd
men we're still hanging to their crafts. Some
however, had lost their hold and had sunk
to the bottom, while the others were SO ex-i
hausted that they were unable to make any
resistance. The fishermen attacked them, )
and soon not robber was left to tell the tale
Of their defeat. Their booty was all recov-
cred E- IS H,L7t f5.t+g ~ j.. q Z,
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who Is a strcet.danccr ind has Just gone
through her performance In an outof.thc-
way corner. Bcggars walk between tho
tables, pickpockets arc watching their OPP
portunity, small boys fight, strcet-acrobats
perform their feats, and oryan.grinders add
their squeaking noise to tho tumult by muir
dering popular Mrs. Hark ono organ starts
to play The Ndrailldise. The other mu-
sicians let their crlnks rest, and nil present
Join enthusiastically I'M loud ""Al'ons, e,,tants
do Ia patrier' accompanying themselves in n
very ridiculously unwarriorlike manner. by
beating time with spoons and forks. Now
and then the voice Of some patriot may
10 heard shouting above tho others: "A,cay
NTH the Trlssiansr' or, I" V'va ID repubiique,''
and few will vent their patriotic feelings
by wildly dancing about, shouting and wav-
ing their caps, while tho current Of air
catches under their loose blouses, making
them appear twice rs big as they arc, md
causing them to look quite awful but soon
some other occurrence attracts attention, and,
with French lcvity and changcability, they
interrupt the excited show Of patriotism, and
once again tinkic and clattcr away with their
spoons, rs II they were being paid for max.
ing the greatest possible noise while eating.
I There arc always some half dozen or moro
wrctchcs eagerly watching for any customer
to finish his meal; Us soon as no rises they
mako rush for tho remnants no leaves. As
I said above, there arc no walters, but score
of sturdy, experienced men are employed to
keep order and to put any misbehaving fel.
low ont Of doors. A few police officers, too,
arc on duty here. Ono Of the Inter pointed
out to me IN old. blind man, and told nc to
watch him. So Ibid, and who can paint my
nmnzement when ] saw. that the dog which
guided his steps was trained to lead,
my, to pull him by the string from nook to
corner, from table to .able,,te every spot
where a bone or a fragment Of bread was
lying on the floor? Then the blind man, q
grayhead, too, would stoop, take the bone
out of his dogs mouth, and, fuugh cat
whatever there was left OH It. l would have
offered him sone money but for the police
officers telling Mo TINT the man had been
living in this manner for years pcrsistently
refusing to accept any gift. IL (. ~ "a. Z
Establishments like these use enormous
supplies. "A hundred oxen, twice rs many
calves and lambs, a thousand rabbits and
scores Of barrels of good native wine arc
consumed in the largest establishments OF
this kind every month. X
2 1t is six o'clock in the evening. Dusk is
setting in, and We arc walking in one of
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posed of anything but tho Juice Of grapes.
For all thcsereasonstheme is BY no means
cheap one, and as these restaurants arc
frequented by the many people who arc not
able to patronize better houses, and yet arc
TOO proud to DO seen in the public houses Of
the laboring classes, their owners thrive and
prosper. "a I2sa:3577st
In tic restaurants Of the laboring classes
one can get for 20 or % cents n simple but
hearty, good meal, and half pint Of pure
native wine. Let us visit tho largest, stu
atcd near the outskirts OF the city. It Is din
.ncr-hour, my time between five and eight
2. NJ. We enter the house through turn
stilc, the keeper Of which sells us n ticket for
one meal ut 20 cents. We have to descend
q staircase Of three steps before reaching tho
door, which a portcrs opens for us, and as no
docs so, there bursts upon our ears clatter-
ing, roaring noise, which was not SO notice
able through the heavy oaken panels, while
ut tho same moment hot, disagreeable
smelling blaze waves against our face. We
stopto throw aglancc upon a.spacious, rather
low-roofed hall, with whitewashcd walls.
AT scores Of large wooden tables sit as many
hundreds OF women, men and children, eat
ing from tin plates, and drinking their wine
out of earthen jugs. Others walk to and fro,
fetching their meals from the kitchens, for
there are no walters employed. One must
needs have strong nerves to enjoy meal in
this place. The airs hot and saturated Will,
tho smell Of roasted md cooked meat. The
noise deiies descriptions; for the loud talking,
singing swearing Of men and crying Of
children and the increasing iclatser Of forks
md spoons upon the tin plates arc dcafen.
ing The customers belong to the laboring
CLASSES, and most Of them are dressed in linen
blouses of red, white or blue. Here, group
Of masons, in their loose white blouscs,
wide pantaloons Of the same color, and high
crowned black caps, nrc debating, or rather,
after the French custom, gesticulating about
an article one Of them has just been. reading
In newspaper. Yonder, a few women arc
having a yocifcrous quarrel; further Off two
youngsters, in blouses too, and with their,
hands in their spacious pockets, are paying
attentions to ayopng girl in very short skirts
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ton. The cooking is of the highest order
and so are the prices. A very simple meal OF
four or five dishes costs about ten or fifteen
francs (s2o or so, wine not included; and in
Franco no meal is taken without wine, even
those who do not like it taking half bottle
for the sake. of appearance. Exorbitantly
high prices are charged for more elaborate
rcpasts. There Is, for instance, restaurant
in this city the owner Of which has invented
and patented, too, o soup which is composed
d. costly ingredients, among which arc livers
of fat chickens. To give to the latter the
right taste it is necessary they say, that the
chickens be killed by the discharge of an
electric battery. The price Of this decoction
Is twenty-five francs $50 plate.
A rather disagreeable duty imposed upon
every customers purse is the fee to the
waiter. Tho habit of giving this fec is so
1ecp rooted that but few walters receive reg
ular salary, most depending upon their share
in hcreceipts for drinks, which arc equally
divided among them. Restaurants Of tho
second und third.class give more satisfaction
than those Of the first, as their meals arc
quite as good and less dear. After these fol-
low the restaurants that have fixed price
per meal. To the uninitiatcd these seem to
be the very ones to patronize, rs they sell
meal of four dishes, say, soup, fish, roast,
game, dessert and half bottle of wine, all
included, for II to 2 francs, 60 to 40 ccnts).
This certainly appears to be very cheap but
!, I would advise no one to bite ut the lure.
The soup is n grecny, greasy mixture, which
most of the customers dare not touch, to the
great satisfaction of the landlord: for the
plate is returned to the kitchen and poured
back into the Kettle, to be served to tho next
guest. The fish comes directly from the city
markets, it is true, but it is selected from
remnants which more liberal purchasers had
already refused to buy some days before.
The roast reminds the consumer very forci.
bly, of the last accident at the horse race, as
many proud steed finds its grave in these
restaurants Of fixed prices, and the wine is an
unwholesome, unpalatablc counterfeit, COM
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who die amid mystery In tho streets and
public houses and institutions have been
exposed in our morguc,whosc doors were
open day and night. Lattcrly this funcrcal
institution had become a copy Of those
where the dead OF Paris and London are
collectcd--a bare room fitted with table.
like slabs of marble on which tho dead
rested beneath gentle spray of cold
water, whose limped clattcr added IN.
other element of impressive ghastlincss
to the placc-a damp and chilling feeling
clothed with u silence that the trickling
OF the water emphasized and made the
more apparent. The nondescript hu-
manity that rested thus was covered SO
as to leave only the faces exposed, linen
sheets being employed for the purpose,
while the clothing and contents Of the
pockets were hcaped on the foot of each
slab TO aid in identifying their former
posscssors. This was all copied from
tho European plan based on the idea
that the surcst means Of identifying the
unfortunate was to expose them TO the
public. Unless I am very much mis-
taken, this custom still obtains In Lon
don, Paris, Berlin and the other capitals.
But in New York our idle folks und
sightseeing neighbors will ever more
remain deprived of this most awful and
horrible Of the sights Of the metropolis,
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ing The fire is q snowy advertisement
and attracts many people, most of them
idlcrs, who have plenty Of cause for throwing
hungry glances at tho fat, brown birds. Very
tempting they look as the juice drops from
them into the huge pan underneath. And
thcqunrters and halves Of chickens and geese
displayed behind tho window nre appetizing
things to look at. This is one of the rotis-
series or cook-shops, where roast meat is
sold, and where those who, in the hurry Of
business, have no time for regular dinner
may supply their wants fora moderate price.
AS wine is rs Indispensable to the French
mans meal rs beer is in German concert
garden, one ormorc brasstries (barrooms) are
always found in the neighborhood of such a
cook.shop. About the same time in the
evening boys and men may DO seen walking
about the streets, dressed in full cooks cos
tune, with white apron, jacket and cap car
rying legs and wings Of roast chickens on a
dish, and which they sell for five cents
apiece. It's very cheap, but it's a dusty,
affair. : ~ 3.
We leave the more luxurious parts Of the
town, traverse the quarter devoted to bust
ness and manufacture the Maras), pass by
the Notre Dame cathedral, and, after long
walk through narrow, dirty lines and streets,
enter the quarter Aou6tlard, one of the
worst parts Of the city. The haggart, suspic-
ious-looking faces We meet, the angry
glances NC catch, the tumbling houses, filthy
alleys, the ragged children That play on the
rough pavement-everything tells that q visit
ut night in these places would not be safe
affair for well-drcssed man; nor, truly, is it
ut any time ofthe day, unless under guide
ancc Of one 80 experienced as our friend, the
officer. The latter causes us to stop at little
house whosesloping walls seem ready to drop
at any moment, md, opening tho door Of
the shop (for 1t is public-house), beckons
us to follow him. We enter small, smoky,
dirty, room, with low ceiling, from which
an oil lamp is dangling, spreading more
smell than light. Tho room is furnished
with three small tables, twice as many
wooden chairs and a bench the latter stands
against the wall under the little windows.
Opposite to the bench is q low counter, from
behind which hideous old woman, most
dlrt'ly dressed, sends rather snspiciousglanccs
at US. We seat ourselves ut the table next to
the door, and our conductor asks the shop
keeper for three portions" Beside our
selves there are three more guests; one lies
on the bench, snoring in IN advanced condi-
ton Of insoxication.g The two others SIT
together at ono table; a man in blouse, his
face half hidden by his black cap, his legs
resting upon the table, Is devoaring the con-
tents Of plate he holds between his knees.
"a dirty, demonstrating young woman Is in
FREQUENT ard close communication with an
earthcn wine Jug. After every drink
she wipes her; mouth with her hand,
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" ts 'il STATION. Mtcsa and that
they were soon to be put to death, as
was the custom, to prevent rival claim
ants to the throne from disturbing
!. the country. For the first time in
ages, probably, no scenes of fralrici-
dial slaughter marked the advent Of
Uganda's latest king, Mwanga. There
were high hopes that lonely Uganda
would be the centre from which would
radiatc powerful civilizing influences that
would reclaim from sayagery the heart Of
Africa. K, 4
Two potent factors, however, were ut
work to blight these hopes and to make
Uganda the theatre of a great tragedy.
The first was the fact that the chiefs
who form the Kings council had never
been friendly to the missionaries because
the latter were outspokcn against their
vices. They now saw the boy King
coming more and more under tho in.
flucnce of tho white men, and they re.
solved to leave no stone unturncd to
ruin tho missionaries. They used every
art TO persuade the King that tho whites
were dangerous and ambitious men, and
that tho native Christians, rs soon as
they were strong enough, would help tho
whites to overthrow him.
AT this ill.omcncd moment the King
heard that the Germans were Selling
large territories in East Africa, that D r.
Fischer with large force was approach.
ing his country from the South, and that
Bishop Harrington was coming
from the East. The frightened boy boy at !,
once resolved TO make war on all the
whites. AS soon rs the unsuspcctinr
bishop reached the borders Of Ugdnda he
was shot and the fifty helpless portcrs
with him were speared to death. 1t was
not till then that Mwanga determined 10
kill all the native Christians and destroy
all tho work that the missionaries had
done in six years. Z IL,
M Most Of the Kings atrocities were
crowded into tile first six months Of last
year. One day he called one Of his pages
10 him. He knew the lad was q Christian.